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[frankiec at unforgettable.com]

Scott.

Run "depmod -a".  You just might see things come alive for you.

FC


On Mon, 1 May 2000, Scott Howell wrote:

> Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 10:41:03 -0400
> From: Scott Howell <n3byy at speakeasy.org>
> Reply-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: questions
> 
> >
> > lets see if this msg gets out now.
> >
> > >
> > > Well geez, where to start. Not sure where things went wrong or how, but
> > they
> > > are pretty screwed up.
> > > So, first problem I noticed is I lost the nic, yeah, gone no telnet
> etc.,
> > > but it had been working.
> > > So, tried modprobe via-rhine and got an error that stated in short that
> > the
> > > via-rhine module was a kernel version missmatch.
> > > So, I tried all kinds of stuff from recompiling the kernel to blowing
> the
> > > whole tree away and starting with a new fresh tree with no luck. Now I
> > even
> > > tried renaming the module directory and no luck there.
> > >
> > > So, next problem is the alsa drivers are not loading either, but they
> did
> > > compile fine.
> > >
> > > Now the questions I have is this, what could I do about the via-rhine
> > > module. Doesn't these modules get created when you run make modules and
> > > modules_install? What would cause the sound card modules to not load
> when
> > I
> > > hadn't changed anything at all.
> > >
> > > Lastly I put together a router and was intending to use this with the
> dsl
> > > connection, but in the mean time until hellatlantic gets out and
> corrects
> > > the loop problem I wanted to still dial out on the current box until I
> get
> > > the modem connected to the router and dialup setup as a backup to the
> dsl
> > > connection.
> > > In any case when I dial out now fetchmail complains about a temporary
> name
> > > server which I thought I had fixed.
> > > So, I tried route add default ppp0 and that didn't help either.
> > >
> > > Yeah, several problems, but seems that they all happend at once. I
> haven't
> > > any clue about the modules being I only compiled the kernel once to just
> > fix
> > > one item and changed nothing else.
> > >
> > > I doubt all these issues are tied together, but they all happend about
> the
> > > same time. I hadn't made any changes other than running netconfig to
> setup
> > > the address on my box and I really can't see how that would have broken
> my
> > > kernel, but then nor recompiling the kernel should have caused all these
> > > problems.
> > > So, anyone got any ideas as to where I should start looking with respect
> > to
> > > either issue, please let me know. I can't get speakfreely to run either
> so
> > > this all ties into the networking problem.
> > > Of course will fix one problem at a time, but like to get enough info to
> > > have on hand in order to attack both problems.
> > >
> > > tnx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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